community southwark

The charity supports other charities or voluntary bodies. Community Southwark is a registered charity whose purpose is general charitable purposes. It delivers its work by making grants to organisations. The charity is based in London and operates in Southwark.

This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

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Activities & Mission

To support the voluntary and community sector, promote volunteering, encourage and facilitate partnership working, involvement and active participation, act as the key interface between the sector and statutory bodies, provide capacity building and support to enable sector organisation to manage themselves more efficiently.

Fundraising

See where Community Southwark is active and find local fundraising opportunities.

Local Authority

Southwark

Financial Information

Latest Income

£1,216,179

Latest Expenditure

£1,083,156

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 88.6%

% of income going directly to charitable activities

Overall Efficiency 99.4%

% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)

Administrative Ratio 1.2%

Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £13,893

Charitable Activities £1,013,436

Other Trading £140,914

Investments £26,186

Other Income £21,750

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £1,077,075

Raising Funds £6,081

Governance £7,063

Grants to Institutions £0

Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial Year	Income	Expenditure	Charitable Spending	Net Assets	Reserves	Staff
2025	£1,216,179	£1,083,156	£1,077,075	£492,082	£484,994	21 / 210
2024	£1,047,985	£974,411	£968,648	£359,059	£333,828	29 / 12
2023	£996,694	£906,757	£901,602	£285,485	£273,044	21 / 150
2022	£931,432	£866,941	£855,941	£195,547	£184,047	18 / 26
2021	£952,092	£906,450	£895,986	£131,057	£131,057	19 / 15